What's new in Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 8th edition?
First, our long-time friend and distinguished colleague Sam Hellman has retired, and the editors have welcomed Ted Lawrence, the Isadore Lampe Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan, as his replacement. Renowned for his translational research, Dr. Lawrence brings an important perspective to the modernization of the eighth edition. And starting with this edition, the schedule of publication of the text has been accelerated, with the goal that no more than 3 years will lapse between editions to keep the book fresh.
The Lippincott Williams & Wilkins company has also acquired The Cancer Journal: The Journal of Principles & Practice of Oncology with the expressed purpose of linking it to the text as a means of updating the book on a regular basis. To do this, the format of the journal has been restructured to reflect the different divisions of the text, and both have a dedicated Web site for those so inclined. The accelerated schedule and the content-linked journal, coupled with our other products, like the Principles & Practice of Oncology Updates and the new Principles & Practice of Oncology Focus series, provide a complete package of cancer medicine in one venue that physicians so dearly need. Something else has also been added. Given the pace of discovery and the complexity of the science involved, two distinguished scientific advisors, Drs. Ronald DePinho and Robert Weinberg of Harvard and MIT, respectively, have joined the editors. They have worked with the editors to revise the first section of the book, "Molecular Biology of Cancer," so that each new chapter represents a segment in the continuum of the process a normal cell traverses to become malignant. Written with the physician in mind, this section, along with the chapters on the molecular biology of cancer that precede each of the disease oriented chapters, provides the modern science a physician needs to know to remain current in a single source.
The coupling of a text with its own journal to keep it current and the use of sophisticated scientific advisors are unique to Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology and continues the long list of innovations in the preparation of modern medical texts that have characterized our book.
As is usual, PARTS 2, 3 and 4, "Principles of Oncology", "Practice of Oncology", and "Newer Approaches to Cancer Treatment", have been completely revised, with chapters added and deleted and a rotation of almost half of the authors in the text to repeatedly bring a fresh perspective to the book.
So, Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology is all new and unique and is part of an information package that is extensive and complete. Furthermore, the text will continue to evolve as our field changes so it can continue to be a major instrument forging the declines in national incidence and mortality we are witnessing.
By Vincent T. DeVita Jr., Theodore S. Lawrence, and Steven A. Rosenber
Book Details
- Hardcover: 3200 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Eighth edition (April 22, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781772079
- ISBN-13: 978-0781772075
- Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.3 x 5.7 inches
List Price: $399.00
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